Seasonal Guatemala Nuevo Oriente 250g Beans

Nestled in the misty highlands of Nuevo Oriente, the Olopita Cooperative is more than just a collection of coffee farmers. It is a community that share a passion for cultivating exceptional coffee and improving the lives of its 149 smallholder families. The cooperative’s journey is one of resilience and dedication, with generations of farmers tending to their crops on the mineral-rich slopes of dormant volcanoes and small unique micro-lots. Their work has not gone unnoticed. With the support of Proyecto Lift Olopita, an initiative launched in 2017, these farmers have refined their techniques, embraced sustainable methods, and elevated their coffee to award-winning status. In 2021, their commitment was recognised when Olopita’s beans won the "Coffee Lovers’ Choice" award at the Ernesto Illy International Coffee Awards, a testament to the cooperative’s pursuit of excellence. Through education and collective effort, Olopita is not only producing some of Guatemala’s finest coffee but is also securing a brighter future for its farming families.

The secret to Olopita’s success lies in the very land it calls home. Nuevo Oriente is a region shaped by ancient volcanic activity, leaving behind soil rich in minerals that nourish the coffee plants. Perched at altitudes between 1,200 and 1,800 metres, the farms benefit from a cool, humid climate that slows the maturation of the coffee cherries, allowing them to develop deep, complex flavours. This unique environment produces beans with a rich, full-bodied profile, layered with notes of chocolate, caramel, and bright citrus acidity. The varieties grown here, including Caturra,Pacamara, and Pache, thrive under the shade of native trees, further enhancing their flavour complexity. The landscape is not just a backdrop but an essential ingredient in what makes Olopita coffee so distinct. Every sip tells the story of this land, where careful hands cultivate each bean with patience and skill.

After harvest, the cherries are sent to Coyote Specialty Coffee, a mill using traditional wet processing to highlight the beans’ bright, clean flavors. Once dried under the Guatemalan sun, they’re prepared for export by Sucafina Guatemala, which, since 2024, has connected Olopita’s farmers with global buyers. By ensuring fair prices and offering technical support, this partnership promotes both quality and sustainability—helping Olopita build an international reputation grounded in tradition, care, and a strong bond with the land.

Why Our Coffee is The Best?

Sourcing the Pick of the Crop

Established relationships with producers and the coffee farming community means we can consistently source the best Arabica and Robusta beans from over 40 origins across the Coffee Growing Belt. At Kingdom Coffee we always demand the pick of the crop. We buy Grade 1 or “Strictly High Grown” – SHG coffee beans. By selecting only coffee beans from the highest elevations we can be sure that the bean has matured more slowly, grown to a larger size and with more density to create a consistently great taste profile.

There’s no denying that coffee grown at higher elevations produces the best flavour profiles, which is then sorted and graded by the farmers with greater care and attention and therefore command a higher premium price which we are very happy to pay! We believe passionately that farmers should be rewarded fairly for their hard work and the quality of their crop.

 

 

Investing in the Purest and Cleanest Roast

ROASTING BETTER: We are unique in that we roast on a clean bed of air in small batches as opposed to conventional drum roasting - only 1% of coffee is roasted this way. Air roasting elevates the natural sweetness to give a smooth and pure taste. Unlike traditional roasting, the chaff, the skin of the bean, that surrounds the raw bean is removed during the air process whilst in normal roasting this is burnt onto the bean. This makes the resultant air roasted beans more pure as the beans will taste less burnt and acidic.

CONSISTENCY: Another benefit to Air Roasting is consistency - typical roasters rely upon roasting “to colour“ which returns a high degree of variance from batch to batch. The Air Roasters rely upon exact metrics such as temperature and time with specific profiles that have been developed by our Q Grader, a certified coffee professional, to suit the particular bean. An exact science rather than guess work.

 

 

Protecting the Environment

We all have to recognise and assess our individual impact upon the environment. Our new Air Roaster uses 30% less energy than a typical roaster and reduces wasted heat by recirculating it in a fully enclosed system. We have a catalytic converter to ensure that harmful gases released are reduced by around 96%. Committing further to minimise our impact on the planet we have moved our packaging to 100% curb-side recyclable. This new packaging still protects that fresh roasted taste.

 

 

OUR BEANS are amongst the freshest on the market, being roasted to stock in the UK as opposed to importing roasted beans on a much longer timescale. Our Neotech roaster is more environmentally friendly, energy efficient and better than conventional drum roasters in that it can roast in specific small batches with unique roasting profiles that are able to compensate product variations and unfold the unique flavour of each individual coffee blend whilst reducing wasted heat by recirculating in the fully enclosed system.

Our range of Ethical coffees support our partnership with Toybox, who we aim to donate £100,000 over a period of ten years, having donated £50,000 in the last 5 years. This enabled Toybox to provide the resources needed for the street outreach team throughout 2020, conducting 240 visits to children in the most high-risk areas in Guatemala City as well as deliver 100 children across the city a warm and nutritious meal each week. Your continued support of Kingdom Coffee means that we can fund vital projects like this so thank you very much!